Convert Text to Date Values in Excel - Multiple Examples

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[@Computergaga]

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Alan, thank you so much you save my nerves and time to replace COMA in LONG list of Date data. Regards Alexander.

[@Computergaga]

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[@Computergaga]

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[@divyanivalkar7877]

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[@Computergaga]

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Yes, very useful, I think we can use flash fill too to resolve the problem just write 12/02/2010 near 12.02.2010 for example, and use flash fill for the rest

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[@Computergaga]

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[@SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc]

Search channel "off to office". I accidentally came across it. Handling dates has been beautifully explained there.

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[@tonytaf107]

Any suggestions to covert for example: 1m 30s to 1.5 or 4m 30s to 4.5 ???? Please

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[@serekiau2422]

Hello, region where I am in we follow month/day/year, how do I change that with the formula..

[@charliemacswan91]

I have a spreadsheet at work with a column listing training expiry dates. I need to use the set icon traffic light system. I want the expired dates to be red. Six months before the due date they need to be amber and one year before expiry date they can remain green. Please can anyone help I have been trying for a few hours and am flummoxed. Thank you Julie

[@abhiseksingh4886]

U can use conditional formatting. There is an option of dates greater than less than kinda. u can watch a channel viz "off to office" to ward off ur confusions.

[@david_wright]

Hi, I've just seen your video and I was wondering if you could advise how I would convert this text example string "January 7, 2022" into an actual date in UK format (ignore quotations) - thanks in advance!

[@mrteacup8781]

skip to 3:21 this works

[@david_wright]

@@mrteacup8781 Thanks pal, I’ll check it out 😃👍🏼

[@Computergaga]

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[@crazydrifter13]

Very nice video but when I use =Value () function on a date column in dd/mm/yyyy format, it still throws a #value error in ones that have text formatted dates.

[@Computergaga]

I would need to see it to explain in adequate detail, but essentially Excel cannot recognise the number. It is not in a format recognised by your locale formatting. Text to Columns is a better approach for situations like this, or even the DATE function and give it the three parts using text functions.

[@crazydrifter13]

@@Computergaga thank you so much for your reply. I eventually fixed it by changing "region and language" in windows to US English. US English has those slash type date formats and English India did not have them so it was throwing an error. We use these slash format dates in India a lot but they aren't listed in our region for some reason.

[@Computergaga]

@@crazydrifter13 nice work 👍

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[@pauravshah7516]

thanks for the examples... but I have 220109 type date in my dataset.. how to convert that ? 220109 is (9th January 2022)

[@Computergaga]

You're welcome. You can use the Text to Columns technique and apply YMD. Or, you could use a formula such as =DATE(LEFT(A1,2),MID(A2,3,2),RIGHT(A1,2))

[@leewilliams9137]

so what do you do when it comes up that it cant find the ''.'' to replace ;(

[@Computergaga]

Sounds like they are already date values and just need formatting. Or you accidentally typed a space before or after the .

[@leewilliams9137]

@@Computergaga cheers formatted 😉

[@abhiseksingh4886]

If u use a tilde sign before wild cards excel will search even asterisk also. Text to columns at length has been explained in one of the videos at "off to office". Apart from the date aspects u will find other interesting usages of text to columns.

[@NiamhCostello-en6mf]

Hi, I have a list of different date/times in different types (I attached a small section of the list). They're all down as text but I really need it to be as a date format to do some calculations. I tried all the methods to change it but really unsure what else I can do, any help is appreciated! Mar 21 2024 12:01AM Mar 21 2024 12:01AM Mar 22 2024 12:00AM Mar 26 2024 9:17AM Mar 26 2024 12:00AM Mar 25 2024 12:00AM Mar 24 2024 12:00AM Mar 23 2024 12:00AM 25/03/2024 00:00:22 24/03/2024 00:00:22 23/03/2024 00:00:33 22/03/2024 00:00:21 21/03/2024 00:02:54

[@oddnumber8149]

i have 10-Sep-12 and isnt date how to convert it folk?

[@Computergaga]

If Text to Columns didn't work, try the DATEVALUE function.

[@abhiseksingh4886]

It's already a date format.let us say if it has been entered into cell using =" 10-sep-20". U can use copy and paste special to retain value only from the copied cell. And using find replace get rid of = and ". I have now converted it into date which u can check. Or u can check even that with date value function. For further understanding u can onve visit "off to office" and c if it clears ur doubt.

[@fuhaili2597]

if my Excel file does not recognise the values as dates, is there any solutions?

[@Computergaga]

Depends on their structure, but sounds like we need to use an examples such as this formula =DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2)) This formula is used on a date in the yyyymmdd format, so if your is different, a variation of the formula is required.

[@javaidahmad7926]

Thanks! Now if I delete the first column, the referenced data in the second will vanish! How to avoid that?

[@Computergaga]

You're welcome. Convert the second column to values only. You can do this by copying the rage and past as Values and Number Formatting over them.

[@MrBardun111]

How do I EXACTLY order data by date if its written in format looking like this "Apr-13-21"?

[@Computergaga]

The first task is to convert them to dates, because they are probably stored as text. Then you can sort them as usual. This video shows how to convert them to dates quick and easy - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHbVopuQoZaJmtU Text to Columns is a quick approach.

[@sujithp6402]

Its really helpful video for me..🎈✨

[@Computergaga]

Excellent!! Great to hear Sujith.

[@mollycoddleher4843]

Thank you. How do I change '21-Oct-2020' to 21-OCT-2020'? I'd appreciate your help.

[@chhayeav]

=UPPER(TEXT(E3,"dd/mmm/yyyy"))

[@Computergaga]

You can use the UPPER function to convert case

[@afzalzamiransari]

Sir in previous video I have asked a question in your comment box about decimal value plz solve the problem

[@Computergaga]

Hi Afzal, sorry I get a lot of comments and other messages. I'm not sure where that comment is or what video it is on.

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[@Computergaga]

Thank you Afzal.

[@afzalzamiransari]

@@Computergaga sir did you find my comment on another video

[@Computergaga]

No I didn't

[@muzammilanwar2766]

Dude i have big issue.. How can i transfer the date from 21.11.2022 to 11/21/2022

[@Computergaga]

The Text to Columns Approach should fix this. Or the DATE function can be used along with LEFT, MID and RIGHT to extract each date element. Depending on your region, you may need formatting to present it in the M/D/Y structure.

[@rickkeev4919]

Instead of using the Value formula just add a zero to the cell value(after periods are replaced with slashes). (Still need to format as date)

[@Computergaga]

Thanks RickK Evil for the tip.

[@SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc]

Search channel "off to office". I accidentally came across it. Handling dates has been beautifully explained there.

[@ivanatamanuk231]

=DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2))

[@hazemali382]

WOW ♥

[@Computergaga]

Thank you Hazem.

[@ramnik.khanna]

@Computergaga thanks for a nice tutorial! I appreciate that you're still responding to messages here, even though your tutorial is 2+ years old! I need your urgent help. I converted a very important .db database file to csv format using a SQL a convertor tool, and all the dates (and time) in the output file are showing as 13 digit numbers. Thereafter, I saved the exported / output .csv file as an Excel file. How do I convert these numbers back to a ddmmYYY date fomat in Excel? (I am in the GST +5.30 hours Time Zone.)

[@Computergaga]

Sorry for the delayed response on this. I've just seen it while replying to another comment. I hope you fixed the data Ramnik.

[@ramnik.khanna]

@@Computergaga , yes thanks! I was able to resolve it.

[@StefanDevito]

thanks - was about to throw out my laptop when just in time i saw your video

[@Computergaga]

Excellent! Happy to help you and save a laptop.

[@abhiseksingh4886]

Would do anything to save ur laptop. Along with this videos U can save it by watching a video at "off to office" dedicated to text to column feature.

[@vamsimunikrishna4030]

how to change Date to number like (Aug-20) to (08-20) in Excel

[@Computergaga]

You can do this with custom number formatting Vamsi. Open Format Cells, click Custom and specify the format in the Type field as MM-YY.

[@user-tm5mx8hx4s]

dear all, anyone know about " Thu 5/5/2022 10:26 AM " how to convert to date.

[@jeanclaudekouassi1400]

27/04/2019 is not a correct format. How can I put it in the correct format 04/27/2019?

[@Computergaga]

You can use Text to Columns. On the third step, specify that you want the MDY format.

[@abhiseksingh4886]

Text to columns at length has been explained in one of the videos at "off to office". Apart from the date aspects u will find other interesting usages of text to columns.

[@mikibg8134]

YOU CAN USE =TEXT(A1;"mm/dd/yyyy")

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[@Computergaga]

You just did 👍 thank you

[@oddnumber8149]

4-Jul returns #value..can y help me

[@Computergaga]

#VALUE! is an error normally indicating the value is off the wrong type i.e., the data is stored as text and not a number. I can't provide a specific answer outside of the video examples here as it depends on many factors such as region. But we may result to splitting the value before converting it.

[@arunkumarbalmiki6904]

Use replace

[@Computergaga]

I have for one specific instance

[@naveenofficial3680]

Unfortunately No example worked for me. How to convert text into date for text like "Jan 01, 2015"

[@Computergaga]

I just tried it using Text to Columns and specifying MDY format. It worked perfectly.

[@naveenofficial3680]

@@Computergaga It's not working brother. I downloaded stock data from investing.com and date is in text format. Not able to convert using text to column feature

[@Computergaga]

Ok. I'm not sure why. There are other formulas and Power Query techniques to do it. But the sample data I used Text to Columns was enough. And the other techniques are more extensive.

[@naveenofficial3680]

@@Computergaga Ok big brother 👍 thanks for reply. Your each and every tutorial is very interesting and useful. They helped me a lot in creating complex excel models. Now I'm able to do my research systematically. Thanks again.👏👏👏

[@Computergaga]

You're welcome, Naveen. Thank you for your comments.

[@olivermusoga7336]

Thank you

[@Computergaga]

My pleasure, Oliver.